Saturday, July 1, 2023

PCG Reversed & PCG 6/30/2023

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 1943) - AAT9 (Chess.com 2038), Chess.com 6/30/2023

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 exf4 5.Bxf4 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.d4 f6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qe2 fxe5 11.Bxe5 Nxe5 12.Qxe5+ Be7 13.Nf3 O-O 14.O-O a5 15.Nbd2 Ba6 16.Rfe1 Bd6 17.Qe6+ Kh8 18.Ne5 Qf6 19.Qxf6 Rxf6


20.Ndf3 h6 21.h3 Bb7 22.c3 Kh7 23.a4 Re6 24.Nd7 Rae8 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Bc8 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.dxc5 Bf5 30.b4 axb4 31.cxb4 d4 32.a5 d3 33.Nf3 Bc8 34.Kf2 Kg8 35.Ke3 Ba6 36.Ne5 Bb5 37.Nxd3 Kf8


38.Ne5 Ke7 39.a6 Bxa6 40.Nxc6+ Ke3 41.b5 Bxb5 42.Nd4+ Kd5 43.Nxb5 Kxc5 44.Nxc7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

EillDe (lichess 2134) - JimWest (lichess 2118), lichess 6/30/2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 9.Qe5+ Kf7 10.Nxh8+ Kg7 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Nd2 Nc6 13.Bh6+ Kxh8 14.Qg5 Qg8 15.O-O-O Qxg5 16.Bxg5 Bf5 17.h3 Rg8


18.Bh4 Rxg2 19.Bg3 e3 20.Nf3 exf2 21.Nh4 Rxg3 22.Nxf5 Rf3 23.Nxe7 Nxe7 24.Rhf1 Ned5 25.Rd3 Ne3 26.Rxf2 Rxf2 27.Rxe3 Nd5 28.Re8+ Kg7 29.Rd8 c6 30.Rd7+ Rf7 31.Rd8 h5 32.c4 Nf4 33.h4 Ng6 34.d5 cxd5 35.cxd5 Nxh4


36.d6 Ng6 37.d7 Nf8 38.Re8 Rxd7 39.Re5 Kg6 40.Re8 Rf7 41.Re5 Rf5 42.Re7 Rf7 43.Re5 Nd7 44.Rb5 Nf6 45.Rb3 Rd7 46.Rg3+ Ng4, White resigns.